Overview
- First book to explore the chemical structure, detection, and usage of synthetic cathinones
- Intended for scientists, clinicians, and academicians
- Discusses acute and chronic toxicity of synthetic cathinones
Part of the book series: Current Topics in Neurotoxicity (Current Topics Neurotoxicity, volume 12)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Over the last decade, and particularly during the recent five years, a rapidly increasing number of novel psychoactive substance (NPSs), often marketed as “designer drugs”, “legal highs”, “herbal highs”, “research or intermediate chemicals” and “laboratory reagents”, has appeared on the drug market in an effort to bypass controlled substance legislation. NPSs encompass a wide range of different compounds and drug classes but had been dominated by synthetic cannabinomimetics and psychostimulatory synthetic cathinones, so-called β-keto amphetamines. Compounds from the later class were first detected in Europe in 2004, and since then 103 new cathinones have been identified and reported to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, with 57 during the last two years.
Synthetic cathinones – novel addictive and stimulatory psychoactive substances is the first publication of this kind that provides readers with background on chemical structures, detection, prevalence and motivation of use of the very popular group of NPSs. This book also presents comprehensive overview of the mechanisms of action, pharmacological activity, and main metabolic pathways of synthetic cathinones, followed by a detailed discussion of the acute and chronic toxicity associated with the use of these substances. Written by international experts in the field, this multi-authored book is a valuable reference not only for scientists, clinicians and academics, but also for readers representing different professional background who are involved in educational-prophylactic activities directed to harm reduction of psychoactive compounds.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Synthetic Cathinones
Book Subtitle: Novel Addictive and Stimulatory Psychoactive Substances
Editors: Jolanta B. Zawilska
Series Title: Current Topics in Neurotoxicity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78707-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78706-0Published: 25 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08769-2Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78707-7Published: 16 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2363-9563
Series E-ISSN: 2363-9571
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 207
Topics: Neurosciences, Pharmacology/Toxicology